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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Dr. Georg Schweinfurth

The Heart of Africa

Three years' Travels and Adventures in the Unexplored Regions of Central Africa, from 1868 to 1871. Translated by Ellen E. Frewer, with an introduction by Winwood Reade.

Published: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, London, 1874

Edition: Second edition.

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2 volume set.

An account of the authors second expedition into the Sudan to explore the hydrology

of the Bhar el Ghazal and the forests of the Nile, and to collect plant specimens.

Original green gilt pictorial cloth depicting King Munza in full dress on cover.

Beveled boards with incised borders. Gilt title and vignette on spine.

Volume I.

xvi, 559 pages + 14 full-page plates + 64 in-text illustrations.

1 fold-out map.

Volume II.

x, 521 pages + 10 full-page plates + 34 in-text illustrations.

1 fold-out map.

Recorded shipping weight 4000g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.

  • Binding Condition: very good
  • Overall Condition: very good
  • Size: 22 x 16 cm.
  • Sold By: West Clare Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Tom Moloney
  • Country: Ireland
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